---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a \"toll violator\" from twenty (20) to ten (10). The act also reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a \"toll evader\" from one hundred (100) to twenty (20).)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a \"toll violator\" from twenty (20) to ten (10). The act also reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a \"toll evader\" from one hundred (100) to twenty (20).)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 781"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 781 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Seveney", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f943cd3-98e9-45b5-9895-adbb772c25e8"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "959d394df4edb4d219e9722e66cb65c188683c2cad5d69b317555d79fc211541"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 781 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll violator" from twenty (20) to ten (10). The act also reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll evader" from one hundred (100) to twenty (20).)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **781 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0781A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2019)
- **2019-04-09** 04/09/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2019)
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-15** 06/15/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f943cd3-98e9-45b5-9895-adbb772c25e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).